US Secretary of State Marco Rubio dismisses questions over US President Donald Trump's commitment to the alliance as "hysteria" as he tells NATO allies to commit to spending five percent of GDP on defence ahead of his first meeting with NATO foreign ministers in Brussels.
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00:00That the United States is in NATO.
00:07We are an active, as we speak right now, the United States is as active in NATO as it has
00:11ever been.
00:12And some of this hysteria and hyperbole that I see in the global media and some domestic
00:16media in the United States about NATO is unwarranted.
00:19We've prioritized defense because of the role we've played in the world.
00:23And we want our partners to do the same.
00:25And I understand there's domestic politics after decades of building up vast social safety
00:30nets that maybe don't want to take away from that and invest more in national security.
00:34But the events of the last few years, a full-scale ground war in the heart of Europe is a reminder
00:40that hard power is still necessary as a deterrent.